by snoadmin | Dec 3, 2013 | Archives-old
One of the great tragedies of music has been Modest Mouse’s association as “that band that did ‘Float On.‘” Travel back a few years and you’ll find a monolithic trio of albums (and one compilation that shits on most artists’ magnum opuses) that...
by snoadmin | Dec 3, 2013 | Archives-old
If you’re in D.C. at the end of December, be sure to check out trombone player Trombone Shorty and his band, Orleans Avenue, at the 9:30 Club. Over the summer, I had the privilege of seeing this up-and-coming artist at San Francisco’s Outside Lands music...
by snoadmin | Nov 26, 2013 | Archives-old
It’s almost inevitable that discussion of The Glow Pt. 2 will involve some sort of comparison to Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over the Sea. The comparison works on a very superficial level, but to equate the two as sister albums is to do both a...
by snoadmin | Nov 26, 2013 | Archives-old
The dim glow of holiday lights revealed the silhouettes of the band Shark Week as the musicians ran through a final sound-check in the SIS Founders’ Room to send the evening on its merry way. Without much further hesitation, the band filled the makeshift venue...
by snoadmin | Nov 25, 2013 | Archives-old
Released to the fanfare of both the internet and Ellen Degeneres, Kanye’s new video opens on impressive time lapse imagery of majestic mountains, presumably to show his timeless love for fiancÌ©e, Kim Kardashian. She then toplessly writhes on a motorcycle for...